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OVERVIEW OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IMPACTING HIGHER EDUCATION
Get PDFUniversities, and the role they play in society, are under threat from the impact of the ongoing pandemic. To improve the teaching and learning process and to deliver quality education, there are numerous promising technologies for higher education. As these are complex and expensive technologies, a decision for their use must be based not on technological hype but scientifically validated outcomes. One of the biggest benefits of integrating technologies in education has been the increase in accessibility for students. Today, more people than ever before have access to learning material and the latest curriculum due to the advent of cheap internet and smartphones. Technologies made learning available to everyone, everywhere, and all the time and enabled teaching to occur in a variety of formats, including massive open online course, webinars, and standard online degree programs. This paper provides an overview of these new technologies that have considerable developments and noticeable impact on higher education moving forward
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ICT SECTOR DURING AND POST-COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Get PDFThis paper highlights the issues of seeking appropriate solutions, especially last year during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and other restrictions, and pressure made on the ICT (information and communication technology) sector to accelerate the development of ICT solutions as never before. The biggest pressure was in the health and medicine sector, as well as in education and businesses. The wider ICT community was encountered with intense demands for rapid innovative solutions due to the existing pressure to solve urgent issues associated with pandemic spreading. We review the use of advanced ICT in telemedicine, telework, healthcare mobile applications and online learning that help stop spreading the contagious pandemic disease. We also describe the use and essential role of bioinformatics, immunoinformatics and computational biology to develop COVID-19 vaccines and apply appropriate medical treatments to patients
THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) IN FOOD SYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY
Get PDFInformation technology (IT) is a discipline which can be applied in various fields and areas for improvement of food systems. Bystrengthening the food technology, IT can contribute in order to meet industry needs in the country and worldwide. The main goal of this research was to introduce contemporary methods and techniques which are coupled with IT not only to obtain new food products, but also to determine the content of the products. The production of nutritionally redefined, food products can be facilitated with coupling food production systems with IT equipment and technology. With this goals achieved food products at the same time will have, structure, appearance, taste and value acceptable for the stakeholders. Moreover, packaging sensors, 3D printing of food products, as well as development and validation of certain method for determination of food content e.g. NIR spectroscopy can be introduced and applied for sustainability in food science and technology
FACTORS INFLUENCING ASSAULT RIFLE SHOOTING
Get PDFIn the current military-political environment, the widespread use of nuclear, chemical and bacteriological weapons in the development of military conflicts is unlikely, as this would lead to the self-destruction of civilization. Modern local wars and armed conflicts are an increasingly common form of armed conflict between warring parties within a country. In the context of armed struggle without weapons of mass destruction, the decisive role will belong to conventional means.These are types of weapons that do not use chemicals, biological agents or nuclear reactions to destroy the target or inflict damage on an object. These include both small arms and artillery systems for area fire, high-precision weapons, tanks, and anti-tank weapons. An important place among them is occupied by small arms
THE PLACE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA IN THE GEOPOLITICAL INTERESTS OF CHINA AFTER THE RENAMING PERIOD
Get PDFThe political and economic situation in the Republic of Nort Macedonia and the declarative commitments of the EU for the European future of the country, are a serious geopolitical challenge for the EU and an opportunity for the penetration of China\u27s interests in the region. In fact, China\u27s strategy is present in all Western Balkan countries and we can perceive it primarily through the One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR) or known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the 17+1 cooperation platform as a framework, for the implementation of Chinese projects.The above two serious projects contribute and have contributed to the change in the perception of China\u27s foreign policy capacity. The Covid pandemic has only further strengthened China\u27s influence globally, in the context of the global struggle for dominance in the production of vaccines against Covid 19. This paper aims to show how North Macedonia, as a small country, is positioned within the geostrategic interests of China expressed through the initiative known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the 17+1 cooperation platform, but also in the context of the current Covid situation
Preparing the Macedonian Higher Education for Blended Learning - Student Motivation Strategies for Online Teaching Business English
Get PDFUnderneath the tension of technological innovation in all areas and youths self-belief in its advantages, conventional teaching methods are losing support to pursue more effective techniques. Therefore, if we want to successfully transform and prepare the Macedonian education system for the future blended education, we must change and adapt the teaching methods. Motivating students is a crucial factor for success in the classroom, making student motivation a challenging task for teachers. This paper aims to propose motivation techniques for e-learners of Business English. In addition, the expected results from utilising the proposed techniques shall be discussed. The results vary from improved performance to better studentteacher relationship, ultimately leading to higher quality and improved teaching-learning process at the Macedonian education institutions. Although the research concentrates on Business English, these strategies are not limited to Business English only; thus, they should be taken into consideration and applied into practice for different course
SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST ATTACKS WITHIN PLANNING IN PRIVATE SECURITY
Get PDFThe private security personnel make a significant contribution to counter-terrorism initiatives. Covering up a large number of operational positions in the facilities, the security personnel can provide early warning and recognition of risks and threats from possible terrorist acts. In order to identify the risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and dangers of terrorist attacks, it is necessary to make a safety risk assessment before the security process begins, more precisely when the security operational plan is being compiled. The safety assessment of risks and threats is an extremely important component to enable private security staff to successfully manage the security challenges that arise and to ensure a consistently best level of protection for individuals and facilities. Safety assessment of risk and threat levels allows private security staff to plan reactive actions in a timely manner and be properly prepared if certain security events occur
DETERMINING THE GENERIC STRATEGIES OF BUSINESS COMPETITORS
Get PDFEstablishing the business strategies of competitors is an important prerequisite for developing company’s own strategic path. The focus of this paper is the so-called generic strategies, whereas two main approaches for clarifying their nature are discussed. The first one is based on individual product characteristics and the second one builds on achieved financial results. The advantages and disadvantages of these approaches and the related specific methods are commented in view of the possibilities for their usage in the strategic analysis of smaller businesses. Particular attention is paid to the “Profitability-Turnover(P-T)” matrix developed by the authors
THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PROFILE OF ACCOUNTANT 4.0
Get PDFBusinesses are nowadays experiencing extensive transformation due to technologisation, automation and digitalisation of their production processes and operations. The knowledge and competences of employees is a very important factor for a company to cope with those challenges in the most competitive way. Organisations have to increase their Digital IQ to capture the expected benefits from technology investments. Workers need digital culture and skills to feel comfortable performing their job tasks and it turns out that people could be constraints for putting digitalisation into place. Firstly, it refers to hiring the proper personnel. The so called digital natives should be attracted, trained and retained and the HR specialist are more than concerned how to co-ordinate the HR strategy with Industry 4.0. Identification of the required employees’ profiles and the missing skills and abilities are now of a higher priority. The necessary knowledge transfer, part of the strategic HR management, is facilitated by the convergence in research and development within regional conglomerations of companies along a common value chain. Secondly, it is a matter of investing in training programmes and continuous professional development to manage the missing expertise within organization boundaries. The paper is inspired by the increasing digitalisation of businesses and the impact of technology innovations and their augmented application on the accounting profession. The aim of the research is to outline and discuss the accounting professional’s profile in terms of the required knowledge and skills imposed by company’s transformation in the Industry 4.0 context. There are many implications due to digitalisation of organisation business model, value chains, products and services that should be considered. The author’s attempt is to perform and present a comprehensive analysis of their impact on the current status of the profession and future trends of development in terms of the required job skills andcompetences
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) – HOW TO BUILD STRONG ONLINE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CUSTOMERS
Get PDFThe rapid development of technology and the Internet, drastically change the environment for both, consumers and businesses. The Internet is widely accepted by consumers and its use obviously changes their behavior. In order to be efficient and sustainable in their operations, businesses need to respond quickly to these changes. Customer relationships management is a business strategy used to identify consumer needs and their behavior and to build long-term and sustainable customer relationships. Although customer relationships management is a business activity practiced from a lot of generations, today, building long-term customer relationships is at the core of business sustainability and becomes unacceptable without the use of digital communication technologies and software applications. The aim of this paper is to research and analyze the CRM systems in order to give an overview of the benefits of certain applications that build successful customer relationships